''Hieracium parryi'' is a North American plant species in the tribe

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within the family

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. It grows only in the western United States, in southwestern

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and northeastern

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. It is commonly known as woollyweed. ''Hieracium parryi'' is an herb up to tall, with leaves mostly on the stem with only a few in a rosette at the bottom. Leaves are up to long, hairy, sometimes with teeth on the edges. One stalk can produce 1–12 flower heads in a flat-topped array. Each head has 30–60 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers. Its habitats include grassy slopes and brush openings.

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Calphotos photo gallery, University of California
parryi Flora of California Flora of Oregon Plants described in 1922 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Cichorieae-stub